Poultry and hen feeder.



J. D. OGONNELL.

POULTRY AND HEN FEEDER.

APPLICATION FILBDJULY 16, 1907.

Patented May 4,1909.

UNITED STATES JOHN D. OCONNELL, OF MARLBORO, MASSACHUSETTS.

POULTRY AND HEN FEEDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 4, 1909.

Application filed July 16, 1907. Serial No. 384,122.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN D. OCQNNELL, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Marlboro, in the county of Middlesex and State ofMassachusetts, have invented a new and useful Poultry and Pen Feeder, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in poultry and henfeeders and has for its object to provide a simple and inexpensivedevice of this kind constructed of wire.

A further object of the invention is to provide a device of this kindwith a pivoted section or door which may be lowered to permit removal ofthe feed containing receptacle and also to provide a pivoted clasp fornormally maintaining the pivoted section or door in closed position.

JVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts aswill be more fully described and particularly pointed out in theappended claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of a poultryand hen feeder constructed in accordance with my invention and Fig. 2 isa vertical transverse section taken on the plane indicated by the line22 of Fig. 1, looking in the direction indicated by the arrows, thedotted lines showing the lowered position of the pivoted section or doorand the dotted lines at the top of the figure indicating the position ofthe clasp in releasing position.

In the embodiment illustrated, the device comprises an a proximatelyrectangular base 1 constructec from a stout piece of wire, end frames 2which are also constructed from pieces of stout wire, each of the endframes being formed at its upper end with converging portions 3 whichare looped at the extreme upper ends of said frames, as at 4, to receivethe ends of a centrally and horizontally disposed top wire 5 which addsto the strength and rigidity of the structure. A plurality oflongitudinally spaced wires of relatively small diameter are arrangedbetween op osite sides of the base 1 and constitute a oor 6 for the feedcontaining receptacle 7 which may be of any appropriate shape. One sideand both ends of the feeder are also closed in by vertically disposedwires 8 which extend between the base, side and end frames, said wiresbeing of relatively small diameters and spaced sufficiently apart topermit the hens to readily obtain the feed contained in the receptacle7. The other side of the feeder is closed in by a vertically pivoteddoor or section 8 comprising an approximately inverted U-shaped frame 9pivoted at the lower or outer ends of its side pieces 10 to one of theside ieces of the base 1 and a plurality of vertical y disposedlongitudinally spaced frame wires 11. V

The ivoted section or door of the feeder is held in closed position by apivoted catch 12 which is pivoted to the central portion of the wire 5and comprises curved hook portions 18 which are adapted to engage theupper cross piece 14 of the pivoted section or door and a handle portion15 by means of which said hook portions may be engaged with or releasedfrom said pivoted section. It will be understood that in order to removethe receptacle 7, the pivoted section or door is released from the catchand lowered as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2 and that while thechickens are feeding from this rece tacle, the pivoted section is closedand he d in this position by the pivoted catch. The feeder is alsoprovided with supporting legs 16 which may be formed by prolongations ofthe wires forming the end frames.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without rcquiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportions and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the principle orsacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined in theappended claim.

Having thus described and ascertained the nature of my invention, what Iclaim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent is:

An upright feeder of the class described comprising a rigid open base,comprising an outer wire forming the frame of the base and inner smallerwires, said base adapted to form a support for a feed pan, a horizontalstop Wire, rigid end pieces, each comprising an outer Wire bent at itscenter around one end of the top Wire and near its ends around the sidepieces of therouter Wire of the base to form supporting legs, a sectionpivoted upon one side oi the outer Wire 01' the base and forming theother side or" the feeder, and a catch pivoted to the top Wire forconnect 5 i P f

